Carabosse is the name often ascribed to the wicked fairy godmother in the classic fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty". She is named Maleficent in the Disney adaptation of the fairy tale. Carabosse is not named in either Charles Perrault's "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood" or the Brothers Grimm's "Briar Rose". The name Carabosse comes from a similar character in a different fairy tale - "The Princess Mayblossom" by Madame d'Aulnoy (who coined the term fairy tale). Over time the name Carabosse was applied to the wicked fairy in "Sleeping Beauty", and she is named as such in Tchaikovsky's famous ballet.